Shortly after it was announced that MultiVersus was going to be shut down, the game's director spoke up to address, among other things, backlash from players. Originally released in July 2022, MultiVersus is a crossover platform fighter in the same vein as Nintendo's Smash Bros. series, with a roster consisting of characters from across several Warner Bros. properties, like Batman, Shaggy, and LeBron James. Despite a strong start, however, the game's early access period went offline in June 2023, and the game didn't fully launch until almost a year later in May 2024.
Following the announcement that MultiVersus is shutting down, game director Tony Huynh has spoken up on X, addressing the impending end of service and the resulting backlash from players - most notably about where that backlash took the form of "threats to harm", which Huynh states are "crossing the line". Huynh also stresses the effort put in by Player First Games and hopes that players will at least enjoy Season 5, the last season of the game before it shuts down.
The entire platform fighter genre lives more-or-less in the shadow of Smash Bros., at least when it comes to pure popularity, but MultiVersus has also been...
